Folding Hunters!

i believe that bulldog was issued in the 70s, maybe 1980. i used to have one & of the hunters issued by f.r. this pattern went up in value rather quickly. i gave mine to a lifetime hunter -fisherman in arkansas.
dennis
 
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antique ka-bar
comoha as you requested . this particular pattern has been reintroduced by a modern maker. do'nt remember the co. but even the copy is expensive. this is the only one i know of that has a tit on the swing gard that drops into a notch on the bolster.
dennis
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That's a great knife Dennis, I like old dogs heads more than bullets.
 
Those are beauties, Greg, and great images as well.

There is one thing that caught my eye. The pulls are really really close to the top of the blades on the one up there in post #17. That would only be a problem if someone were to use them and have to grind on the top of the blade for some reason. Maybe that is by design to keep people from trying to modify them. ;)
 
Heres my two folding Hunters. The Old timer I bought in the 80s and never used it, but dont have the box.

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Here is an eclectic group. First generation Bulldog, Herman Williams Schrade, and Western States.

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Excellent trio of hunters Calvin. That Western States is a real honey.:thumbup:

Like Kerry said, don't go to grinding on that spine with the little crescent matchstriker so close.
 
1978 KABAR fat boy

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1950's sheaths for Schrade hunters

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wormy Schatt & Morgan

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Schrade with Wonda Edge

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abalone Parker

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I do have one of these, but this is not my knife or picture. Case/Bose 2001 Yukon (an old Cattaraugus pattern).

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i'm sure we were glad for tony bose to comment. he's a real busy guy & his replicas of early english patterns are the finest in the world. thanks.
dennis
 
DennisStrickland said:
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antique ka-bar
comoha as you requested . this particular pattern has been reintroduced by a modern maker. do'nt remember the co. but even the copy is expensive. this is the only one i know of that has a tit on the swing gard that drops into a notch on the bolster.
dennis
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Dennis, here is you pic of the knife you mentioned above.

It was made by Canal Street Cutlery for Ka-Bar's 110th Anniversary in 2008.

Russell

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Buck 317
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First saleman's samples
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Old ones, marked Made In U.S.A. also rare sawcut secondary
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300Bucks/ch
 
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Those are great 317's, 300! I wish they would have made one dedicated to "Powder River, Let 'er Buck," which was a famous utterance back in the trail cattle drive days. That serrated one has escaped me so far.
 
Back in April, I posted this up in the "Old Knives" thread and I thought this would be good info to add to the folding hunter discussion.

.....Tony and I were talking about Yukons and the "Yukon shield" and he said, "I have one...you want to shoot it?". I said, "heck yeah", and then I mentioned that Reese and I were talking about something he was refering to as "rat tail bolsters"(which had nothing to do with "rat tail flutes"). Tony explained that there used to be a folding hunter that people called "rat tail hunters". He said, "I have one of those too, want to shoot it?" I said(you guessed it), "HECK YEAH!". He went on to say, "You should shoot this old Case folding hunter too and all three together and point out the differences".

So, here we have(left to right in the first image) a rare Catt. Yukon LINER LOCK! (UH...who is it that they say "invented" the liner lock :p?) This knife may go back to sometime before 1910...notice hammered pins. The bone is purrrrrfectly yummy. The butt of the handle goes down to about (top to bottom) 3/8" width and the front has a straight bolster. Also notice that the original brass bail is intact. These knives could be ordered with or without the bail. The Yukon is a single blade knife and could be purchased with or without a locking liner.

Next is the Kinfolks Folding "rat tail" hunter and is sometime incorrectly refered to as a Yukon. This knife has early Rogers bone and may go back into the 1920s...notice TWO PINS on the front edge of the bone. Later knives had a single pin up front. The differences are obvious: "copperhead style bolsters, two blades, and a little bigger butt. ( I know Campbell..you like big butts :D)

The last one is the typical Case folding hunter. This particular one is out of the 50's (if I remember right) and has late Rogers bone. Notice the differences between it and the rat tail hunter.

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